Urban airborne PM2.5-activated microglia mediate neurotoxicity through glutaminase-containing extracellular vesicles in olfactory bulb

Xiaoyu Chen, Jing Guo, Yunlong Huang, Shan Liu, Ying Huang, Zezhong Zhang, Fang Zhang, Zhongbing Lu, Fang Li, Jialin C. Zheng, Wenjun Ding

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Abstract

Main finding: Intranasal instillation PM2.5 induces neurotoxicity through its metal contents and glutaminase-containing extracellular vesicles (EVs) in olfactory bulbs of mice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number114716
JournalEnvironmental Pollution
Volume264
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • Extracellular vesicles
  • Glutamate
  • Glutaminase
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Olfactory bulb
  • PM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Toxicology
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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